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LG wins at MWC 2015
The LG G3 smartphone from LG Electronics (LG) was named Best Smartphone of the Year by the GSMA at the Global Mobile Awards during Mobile World Congress 2015 for its quality, variety of useful features and ease of use. Additionally, the LG Watch Urbane and LG Watch...
NuoDB signs South African reseller
NuoDB, a leader in scale-out SQL database technology, and BITanium, a leading South African consulting firm announced an agreement between the two companies. The distribution agreement calls for BITanium to bring NuoDB’s scale out SQL database for the cloud and modern...
DiData flies with Saudi project
Dimension Data has secured an ambitious consulting deal with Saudi Arabian Airlines, operating as Saudia, to lead a R14-million project for the company. Saudia has a broad and ambitious vision for what it wants to achieve through technology. One of its most strategic current projects is to develop the Sinnovate Smart Technology Hub (Sinnovate) in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), approximately 100km north of Jeddah.
Android attacks tripled in 2014
The number of financial malware attacks against Android users grew three-fold in 2014. Following an initial decrease in March 2014, the Kaspersky Lab study Financial Cyber-threats in 2014 registered a significant increase in the number of attacks by Trojan-SMS malware...
Slow growth for global server market
In the fourth quarter of 2014, worldwide server shipments increased 4,8% year-over-year, while revenue grew 2,2% from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. In all of 2014, worldwide server shipments grew 2,2%, and server revenue increased 0,8%. "There were...
Specialisation key for e-commerce
Globally, the retail specialist is enjoying good momentum. Artisanal is back in style, and people’s love of specialist items extends beyond craft beer, niche neighbourhood markets and skilled bakers. This trend is being mirrored online, as large e-tailers realise that...
Rwanda, Ericsson sign on Smart initiative
The Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT has today announced a partnership with Ericsson to design a roadmap, and to deploy the solutions and services required to create a fully functioning knowledge-based society. The Smart Rwanda Initiative is geared towards connecting,...
Internet of Things to impact ICT
The opportunity of the Internet of Things (IoT) has everything to do with data. By distributing and diversifying data, IoT architectures will dramatically impact analytics, stakeholders and infrastructure. Analytics are highly distributed in an IoT architecture,...
WLAN sees slower growth in Q4
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 7% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14). According to the results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN...
Data, ICT services key to MTN growth in 2015
MTN increased its subscribers during the financial year ended 31 December 2014 by 7,5% to 223,4-million. During the same period, its revenue increased 6,4% to R146 154-million. This was driven in part by data revenue, which increased 33,2% to R27 317-million. Voice...
MetroMail installs OcéColorStream 3000Z
MetroMail, one of the UK’s leading mailing houses, has invested more than €8-million in Canon technology in a major overhaul of its digital production environment. The progressive mailing house, based in Seaham, Durham, has replaced its existing presses with a range...
Ruckus Wireless gives small cells a boost
Ruckus Wireless has announced that its 802.11ac technology is being integrated into Nokia Networks’ Flexi Zone Small cell indoor and outdoor solutions. Ruckus has been working with Nokia Networks to integrate its 802.11ac WiFi technology into selected Flexi Zone...
Vidi dashboard enhances viewing experience
Vidi, South Africa’s premier video-on-demand entertainment service, now offers a highly-personalised viewing experience following a revamp of the Vidi dashboard. That's according to Vidi GM: Marketing, Taryn Uhlmann, who says that the online streaming service now...
LG wins at MWC 2015
The LG G3 smartphone from LG Electronics (LG) was named Best Smartphone of the Year by the GSMA at the Global Mobile Awards during Mobile World Congress 2015 for its quality, variety of useful features and ease of use. Additionally, the LG Watch Urbane and LG Watch...
NuoDB signs South African reseller
NuoDB, a leader in scale-out SQL database technology, and BITanium, a leading South African consulting firm announced an agreement between the two companies. The distribution agreement calls for BITanium to bring NuoDB’s scale out SQL database for the cloud and modern...
DiData flies with Saudi project
Dimension Data has secured an ambitious consulting deal with Saudi Arabian Airlines, operating as Saudia, to lead a R14-million project for the company. Saudia has a broad and ambitious vision for what it wants to achieve through technology. One of its most strategic current projects is to develop the Sinnovate Smart Technology Hub (Sinnovate) in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), approximately 100km north of Jeddah.
Android attacks tripled in 2014
The number of financial malware attacks against Android users grew three-fold in 2014. Following an initial decrease in March 2014, the Kaspersky Lab study Financial Cyber-threats in 2014 registered a significant increase in the number of attacks by Trojan-SMS malware...
Slow growth for global server market
In the fourth quarter of 2014, worldwide server shipments increased 4,8% year-over-year, while revenue grew 2,2% from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. In all of 2014, worldwide server shipments grew 2,2%, and server revenue increased 0,8%. "There were...
Specialisation key for e-commerce
Globally, the retail specialist is enjoying good momentum. Artisanal is back in style, and people’s love of specialist items extends beyond craft beer, niche neighbourhood markets and skilled bakers. This trend is being mirrored online, as large e-tailers realise that...
Rwanda, Ericsson sign on Smart initiative
The Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT has today announced a partnership with Ericsson to design a roadmap, and to deploy the solutions and services required to create a fully functioning knowledge-based society. The Smart Rwanda Initiative is geared towards connecting,...